| 单词 | daughters of the confederacy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasDaughters of the Confederacy Daughters of the Confederacy n. (more fully United Daughters of the Confederacy) an organization, founded in Nashville, Tennessee in 1894, composed of female descendants of those who served or supported the Confederacy during the American Civil War (1861–5) and whose aims include honouring the Confederacy through education, memorialization, and history preservation; abbreviated UDC. ΚΠ 1894 Confederate Veteran 2 180/1 Daughters of the Confederacy are also organized. 1903 Q. Texas State Hist. Assoc. 7 71 The two chapters..of the United Daughters of the Confederacy endowed her with honorary membership. 1993 New Republic 16 Aug. 11/1 He has no special stake in the past—no Civil War portrait wall, no known relations in the Daughters of the Confederacy. 2011 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 18 May 26 The local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy placed flags on the graves of soldiers who fought on both sides of the Civil War. < as lemmas |
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